Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor made an appearance on the Your Mom’s House podcast with Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky and was asked to weigh in on the recent onstage fight between Jane’s Addiction members Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro.
Corey Taylor opens up on Jane’s Addiction meltdown
Here is what he said:
“That was my wife waking me up and going, ‘Have you seen this shit?’ And I was, like, ‘Uh, no.’ It’s sad, man, ’cause I know both of them. And Dave Navarro is one of the sweetest souls on the planet. Perry also is very sweet, man. He’s never been anything but f***ing kind to me. And seeing that, I don’t know what’s happening there. And obviously, I don’t wanna make assumptions ’cause I don’t want it to get f***ing blown out. It looks — it could be chemical, it could be behavioral, it could be because they’ve known each other for f***ing 40 years, man. There’s so many myths about their relationship, who f***ing knows what that would be at this point? So I just hope [Perry is] okay. I hope Dave’s okay. I mean, I reached out to him to see if he was… I texted Dave to see how he was doing. He hit me back. He was, like, he’s cool. But, obviously, he doesn’t wanna say anything ’cause right now they’re just trying to figure out what the f*** they’re gonna do.”
Corey lamented on the fact that the remaining dates on Jane’s Addiction’s tour were canceled as a result of the altercation, said: “I’ve been waiting to see the original four — me and Clown [Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan], actually. Clown’s a massive Jane’s Addiction fan, dude. He studied that shit like the Zapruder film. And he came to me, he’s just, like, ‘Dude, Taylor, you don’t even f***ing know.’ It’s crazy.”
Recently, there was an altercation between Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. The incident saw Farrell appearing to purposely tackle Navarro on stage, leading to a heated confrontation that left both the audience and band members shocked. Footage captured by fans shows that Farrell, in the middle of his meltdown, attempted to use his microphone as a weapon against his bandmates.
The tension between Farrell and Navarro reportedly escalated after Farrell got in Navarro’s face and began hurling insults at him. A confused Navarro could be seen asking what was going on, but before anyone could intervene, Farrell lunged at him. The situation escalated as Farrell started throwing punches, though it’s unclear if any landed on Navarro. Perry Farrell has also apologized to Dave Navarro after their battle onstage.
